As night fell, two archers and a dozen badly wounded pimpies lit several bonfires in front of the temple and guarded the salt boats moored by the river.

Before Zhang Shiheng came to the river, the archers and splashers all surrounded the big head to offer courtesy. As soon as Zhang Shiheng came, they all circled around Zhang Shiheng. Because the people in the town know that Zhang Shiheng is not only a scholar, but also the son of a friend who inspects the old man, and it is more polite to see Zhang Shiheng than to see Pan Er.

"Young Master Zhang, try this, it's just baked, be careful of scalding."

"No, I've eaten it."

The big head, who was eating with relish, couldn't help but look up and said, "Shiheng, eat one, this potato is sweet!" ”

Zhang Shiheng couldn't eat it and didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he sat in the leeward place and played with a branch to stir the bonfire and smiled: "Big brother, I've really eaten, you can eat it, eat more if it's delicious." ”

"Give it to me, then." The big head was not polite, and took the potato that Chen Hu had just baked.

Chen Hu asked curiously while continuing to roast: "Young Master Zhang, we can just watch by the river, on such a cold day, why did you come to the river to freeze with us?" ”

"Wait for someone."

"Waiting for whom?"

"Wait for the officer."

"Which official?" Chen Hu's brother Chen Biao asked.

This is not a secret, even if they don't say that they will know sooner or later, Zhang Shiheng said lightly: "Wait for Master Huang of the Fu'an Salt Division, Master Han of the Jiaoxian Salt Division, Master Wang of the Anfeng Salt Division, and Master Jing of the Zhangcha Salt Division." ”

"Ah, there are so many masters coming at once!"

"Is it much?"

"That's not much, the biggest official I've ever seen is Master Han. Young Master Zhang, do you mean that we are the master of Han, or the master of the Salt Division? ”

"In terms of grade, the ambassador of the Salt Division is higher than our Master Han, but they are salt officials, not only can they not control Master Han, but now that we have seized so much private salt, how did the salt leak out of the salt field, they can't escape the blame, so they have to be polite when they see our Master Han."

"What kind of official is the ambassador of the Salt Division, I saw a lot of big officials when I was in the capital, I have seen Lord Duan, the political envoy of Gansu, Huang Yushi, Ji Hanlin, Ao Hanlin, I have seen several foreign masters of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Punishment, and I have seen even more people." The big head wiped his mouth, and said with a smug smile: "I have seen so many old men, and Master Ao is the most generous, and he gave me the most reward, and once gave me one or two pieces of silver!" ”

Chen Biao and the others have never seen the world, and they have never even been to Taizhou, looking at the appearance of the big head eyebrows flying, they can't help asking: "Brother Big Boss, how did you meet so many big officials?" ”

"In the guild hall, the guild hall of our Chongqing Mansion in the capital was built by my young master, have you seen the place where the emperor lives, I have seen it! I've also been to the Ministry of Officials, to the Tribute Academy, and to many places! The big head thought about it and turned back and said: "Shiheng, I have also seen your father, on the day your father and Lord Wu returned to Sichuan, I went to the provincial pavilion with my young master to see him off." ”

"Big brother, have you seen my dad yet?"

"What are you lying to, if you don't believe it, I'll ask the young master."

"Letter," Zhang Shiheng couldn't help asking: "Big brother, did my father say anything the day you saw my dad?" ”

The big head is an honest man, he can only show off and not brag, throw away the burnt potato skin and say: "My young master talks to your father and them, how dare I move forward." ”

Chen Biao, Chen Hu and other splashes have never seen the world but they are not stupid, not only are they not stupid, but they are more shrewd than the other, listening to the big head, they suddenly realized that the teenage young master in front of him was not simple, and also realized that the new inspection master was very big, and there were people in the court, not to mention those salt officials, even the old man of Zhizhou had to give him some face.

Thinking about the danger of investigating the smugglers last night, and even almost lost his life, this life is worth it!

If you don't follow Master Han to investigate the smugglers, if you don't go out to do it with the smugglers, and wait for the Yamen to open the seal after the New Year, not only will you really be escorted to Taizhou, but you will really know how to go to the cane for a hundred and three thousand miles.

Just as they were secretly frightened, lights appeared on the river to the east.

The big head subconsciously stood up, and the archer Liu Er even pulled his throat and asked, "Who, where are you going at night?" ”

"We are from the angle oblique field, Master Han of the Angle Oblique Salt Division came to see your Master Han of the Maritime Security Inspection Division, don't hurry up and report it!"

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

Zhang Shiheng immediately stood up, walked to the "gap" and arched his hand: "The late-born Zhang Shiheng is here to welcome Master Han on the order of his uncle. ”

A thin figure got out of the cabin, stood at the bow of the boat and asked, "Are you Master Han's nephew?" ”

"Ambassador Han, my father and Master Han of the Hai'an Inspection Department are world friends, and my father works for Lord Wu in the Sichuan Salt Tea Ceremony, so he entrusted Shiheng to Master Han."

"It turns out that Ling Zun and Brother Han are good friends." Han Chen, the ambassador of the Jiaoxian Salt Division, took advantage of the fire on the shore to look at the dozen or so boats moored by the river, and asked quietly: "Shiheng Xian's nephew, I heard that Uncle Ling is from Chongqing Mansion?" ”

"Exactly, my uncle is from Ba County, and Ba County is the capital county of Chongqing Prefecture."

"Coincidentally, this official is not only from the same clan as Uncle Ling, but also from Uncle Ling."

"Ambassador Han, you are also from Chongqing?"

"This official's hometown is Dazu, Shi Hengxian's nephew may not have heard of it, but Uncle Ling must know it."

"Ambassador Han, you are a Dazu person, I know Dazu, I have been there!" When he met a fellow villager in Hai'an, the big head was excited, and happily ran to the river, helping the boatman tie the rope, while grinning: "I came from my hometown in Ba County with my young master, Ambassador Han, have you heard of Master Gu from Chaijia Lane, do you recognize Second Master Fei from Bishan, and Yang Juren from Jiangbei Hall?" ”

"I've heard of it, but I didn't expect you to know it!" Hearing the long-lost native accent, Han Chen not only breathed a sigh of relief but couldn't help but smile and asked, "Little brother, what's your surname, where did you see Second Master Fei?" ”

"My surname is Yuan, my name is Datou, and I met Second Master Fei in the capital with my young master. Later, Second Master Fei wanted to go back to his hometown, so he asked my young master to be the head of the guild hall, and we rebuilt the guild hall and then came here to take office. ”

"Second Master Fei has returned to his hometown?"

"Last year, I will try to release the list, and the old man will go back."

Han Chen climbed ashore and asked with a smile while motioning for his entourage to carry the gifts up from the boat, "So you have also seen the Hanlin Academy's review of Master Ji?" ”

"I've seen it, Master Ji often goes to the hall, and I often go to his house, but Master Ji is not a review of the Hanlin Academy, and now he is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, I don't know what to edit and repair, I only know that he has been promoted."

"The second time I stayed in the museum, Brother Yunfei has a bright future!" Han Chen patted his big head and arm, then turned around and said with a smile: "Shiheng Xian's nephew, I bother you to lead the way." Although the angle is not far from Hai'an, and I have passed here several times before, I have never been ashore once, and I really don't know where the yamen of the inspection department is. ”

It turned out to be a fellow villager of Master Han, Zhang Shiheng thought that it was a good thing to meet his hometown in another country, but this bamboo pole could not be knocked, and then he thought that the ambassadors of Fu'an, Anfeng and Zhangcha could not be fellow villagers with Master Han, his mind became lively again, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Ambassador Han, please here." ”

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It's not easy to meet fellow villagers in Hai'an, the big head is so excited that he doesn't even bother to say hello and runs to the yamen to report to Han Xiufeng, Han Xiufeng didn't expect that the ambassador of the salt division in the corner slope field was actually a big man, and hurriedly called Pan Er to greet him at Yimen.

A fellow villager is a fellow villager, it can't be fake, it's even more fake.

Han Xiufeng greeted Han Chen at the door, then asked Pan Er to hurry up to prepare the wine and food, and then invited Han Chen to the signing room on the left side of the second hall.

"Zhixing, if you hadn't sent someone to deliver the letter, I really didn't know that in just half a year, Hai'an had already changed two inspections, and he was really an iron-clad official of the Yamen!"

"Brother Yuzhi, I saw your name on the residence list of the guild hall, and I wrote you a letter when I was planning to renovate the guild hall, but I didn't expect to send it to the wrong place."

"It's not wrong to send it, it's just that I didn't work long in the Huaibei branch before I was transferred to the Tongzhou branch to be the governor, and after two years as the governor, I was transferred to the Taizhou branch, and now the ambassador of the salt division was only acting in February last year." Han Chen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If I had known that you were doing inspections in Hai'an, I would have come to Hai'an to visit." ”

A good man and three gangs, I was really happy to meet fellow villager Han Xiufeng here, and couldn't help but say: "If I knew that Brother Yu was the ambassador of the Salt Division in Jiaoxi, I would have gone to ask for advice." ”

Han Chen not only knew Master Gu and Second Master Fei, not only recognized Ji Yunfei, but also heard of Duan Dazhang, and knew very well that people who could be valued by so many fellow villagers were definitely worthy of deep friendship, so he didn't care about reminiscing about the past, and asked bluntly: "Zhixing, you said in the letter that you just seized a batch of illegal salt?" ”

"I seized sixteen boats, and the second son of Mr. Zhang's family in Zhizhou seized twenty-six boats, all of which were seized last night, but I didn't expect the private lord to be so difficult to deal with, although we were prepared, more than a dozen young men died."

"It's so courageous, as soon as I took office, I seized so much private salt."

Han Xiufeng smiled bitterly: "What courage, this is also a helpless way." ”

Thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and if you want to make money by doing inspections in Hai'an, there is really no faster way than checking smuggled salt to make money, and the money you make from checking smuggled salt is clean, no matter how much you earn, others will not say that you are a corrupt official.

Thinking of this, Han Chen suddenly envied the young fellow in front of him, and couldn't help laughing: "Everyone has stolen goods, this article has to be done, but you don't have to think about it here." ”

"Brother Yuzhi, what are you talking about!" Han Xiufeng smiled embarrassedly.

"Who made us fellow villagers, you are unlucky to meet me." Han Chen smiled, and then changed his words: "But I can't let you write that letter in vain, since I'm here, I'll help you knock on the side drums of An Feng, Fu An and Zhangcha, especially An Feng and Fu An, they are so fat, I am really sorry for the young men who died under your command if they don't let them have some blood." ”

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